Web+2.0+Tool+Belt

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Instructions:

 * Click on "edit this page" at the top to edit.
 * Post a hyperlink to your favorite Web 2.0 technology under the correct heading.
 * When you are finished, make sure to click **Save**.

Audio/Video Tools
[|Animoto] - create a video by uploading images, or pulling images from a photosharing website, and adding your own music [|One True Media] - create a video montage by uploading your photos and videos and adding captions, effects, and music [|Voice Thread] - create a presentation with images or slides and add your own narration. [|Jing] - the free version of Camtasia screen capture software - create video tutorials by recording activity on your screen [|Photo Story 3] - from Windows - create digital slideshows with special effects, soundtracks and voice narration. [|Movie Maker] - from Windows - create, edit, and share movies on your computer [|Audacity] - free audio editor and recorder [|Vocaroo] - record and send voice emails

Photo Editing and Effects and Graphics
[|Wordle] - create word clouds from text that you provide For more options, see [|Wordle Advanced] [|Ransomizr] - create an "old-school" ransom note with images pulled from the [|One Letter Pool] on Flickr [|Big Huge Labs] - do fun stuff with your digital photos Create: motivational posters, movie posters, puzzles, press badges, trading cards, calendars, cubes, billboards, blog headers. Add: captions, frames [|Image Chef] - create icons, graphics, and banners with custom text, sometimes using your own images as well [|Picnik] - online photo editing tool corrects digital photos and provides lots of fun effects [|ToonDoo] - create your own cartoon strip [|SketchUp] - 3D Modeling application from Google - Pro available at no cost for educators [|Picasa] - Photo editing software from Google [|Bubbleshare] - create a slide show to add to your blog or wiki

Avatars
[|Become an M&M] [|Voki] - create personalized speaking avatars

Web Publishing
[|Letter Pop] - create newsletters, invitations, flyers, and photo collages to publish online or print [|Tikatok] - where kids write, illustrate, and publish their own stories [|Glogster] - "glog" refers to graphics or graphical blog - mix graphics, photos, videos, images and text into a glog [|Wix] - free Flash website builder - Export your Wix, or Wix will host your website for free [|Mix Book] - create photo books online for free, includes scrapbook editor [|Scribd] - social publishing site where you can share original writings and documents [|Prezi] - the zooming presentation software [|Scrapblog] - online scrapbooking software, create a digital scrapbook with one of many templates, or create engaging graphics for blogs or wikis (can also export as jpg)

Free Image Resources
[|Pics4Learning] - copyright friendly image library for teachers and students [|FreeFoto] - "largest collection of free photographs on the Internet" [|Flickr Advanced Search] - scroll to the bottom of the search screen and check the box for Creative Commons search [|Library of Congress American Memory] - links to free historical images, maps, and documents, etc. [|Creative Commons] - search services provided by other independent organizations for works which can be modified

Information Organization
[|Exploratree] [|ReadWriteThink: Student Materials] Literary Elements Map, Plot Diagram, Webbing Tool, Persuasion Map, Venn Diagrams, Notetaker, and more!

Collaboration
[|Book Goo] - highlight and annotate your documents a virtual highlighter and pen, invite others to view and annotate. [|Write Board] - shareable, web-based text documents that let you save every edit, rollback to any version, and easily compare edits, collaboratively or solo [|Zoho Creator] (see an [|example] of collaborative student work with ZohoCreator)

Social Bookmarking
[|Delicious] - upload bookmarks to an account that can be accessed from any computer and shared with friends.

Online Surveys
[|Survey Monkey] - Free basic subscription - limited to 100 responses per survey [|Zoomerang]

Other Personal Homepages
[|NetVibes] [|PageFlakes] [|My Yahoo]

Misc Fun Things
[|Create your own logo]- Google Style!